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amined, although all the witnesses did their hest
10 snow the very high estimation in which he was
held Dy those who knew him Intimately.
He did not look like a criminal as he stood there
In the dock, with his slight form and his pale.
delicate race, from which the eyes shone clear and
star-like from their hollow sockets He seemed
very anxious and nervous, however, and kept
glanclng ut the door from which the witnesses
issued.
AT last the woman, Judith FELTON,, was called.
and walked 70 the witness box with steady STEP
thougn Iho5e near enough to see her clearly
her.
Before she was sworn she looked long and
earnestly at the prisoner, and he returned the
gaze HIS lace was calm and reSOlute now and
had lost the nervous expression It Lad hitherto
worn. As he continued 10 watch Judiths face a
look OF great Feetness and content crept over HIS
own, and he smiled to her. But the woman
turned away shudderng from head to foot The
oath was administered 10 her In due form, and she
was called upon TO give her evidence She hest
tated moment, and then spoke out In a clear
distinct voice "It Is very simple. He who stands
yEna eIy Is sls am the guilty one! did t
Judith - cried the prisoner, in agonized tone
DON'T Tor PHYS sakei Hold your LOngueI It's
not true my lord; she's lost her wits poor thing y
SIT is absolutely true went on the witness, with
simple directness which carried conviction. 81
to dream OF 1t, though did not know until tine
moment came that should haveever the courage
To carry Ii out"
"Do you mean to tell US that you deliberately
planned 10 take your husbands life?" questioned
the Judge. The witness appeared now to have q
little dlilcuty TO keep her attention fixed and re-
q.sSo ~ aia moi tn NE 4aes'i9 ~ fepea.eo.
and kept coming back and back, though strug.
gled against The idea. can scarcely describe i'll
feel SO confused-but wherever looked there
seemed 10 De olood-in the sky, In the water. In
the fire-eyerywhere."
The witness made this remarkable statement In
an even, monotonOuS rather sleepy way, but II
sent tnnu through the court all the same. Then
turning toward the prisoner, she held out hei
arms with gesture or passionate entreaty
Forgive me, BILL dear Bill-fOrYive me for evei
allowing you 70 stand-where-you dol was q
coward; put sun, could not let you die for me-
no. no. could not bear that! / love you, Bill,
love you better than knew. dear"
AS she finished speaking her head dropped, and
she teu foTward apparently In . swoon.
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OCEAN STEAMERS.

T. WALKERS Sons. 2o4 loTH ST NV.
q Parchment Paper. Mortar Colors. Ohasupal Lua.
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CAMPBELL DARLINGTON, ATTORNEY-AT
~ Law, Barbour Law building. 400 Louisiana
avenue. washington u. C Residence. l2lY II o
nv. d2S
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behalf heh Wasserman was very pale
ana his voice trembled He denied
an the charges of bribery against
nm, and in explaining how he came to re-
celVe certain sums of money said; "In 1884,
the County Democratic Club elected me as
one OF the committee to go to Washington
TO brlng the convention here I collected
money everywhere. We went to Washing
ton and kept open house to show the people
the hospitality of Chicago. The result was
tnat we brought the convention back here
The State did not take the trouble to cross
examine Wasserman.
After several other witnesses had testified
to the good character of the defendant,
Commissioner Mike Leyden took the stand.
de denied that c. +. Lynn, the informer,
ever gave him 81 300 of Doodle, and denied
that he ever received a cent from Bipper.
Judge Shepard this morning ovelruled
the petition for new trial in the case of
Edward S. Mcdonald and w. j. McGarigle
charged with conspiracy and sentenced
Mcdonald to three years in the penitentiary
motion for an arrest of Judgment was
also overruled.
NO STEPS FOR EXTRADITION.
WASHINGTON, w Aug. lit is said at tho
State Department this evening that no steps
have been taken by the Chicago authorities
oefore that department to secure McGari-
gle's extfadition from Canada.
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PARLIAMENT NEAR IT'S END.
The House to Sit on Saturday Until
Prorogued.

LONDON, Aug. 1.--Col. King Harmon,
Under Secretary for Ireland, denied in the
House of Commons this afternoon that there
was any notable discomfort among the men
composing the Irish constabulary. OF the
number that had Joined the force within the
past three years S48 were Catholics and AGO
were ProteStants.
Mr., Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
replying to question by MIR. Parnell, in
timated that it was probable that the gov
ernment would withdraw the clauses of the
land bill which yet awaited action, and
were of u nature TO excite opposition II the
passage of the measure would be thus ex-
pedited. He said it was unfair for the OPP
position to introduce other clauses outside
the intention of the bill.
Mr.. Parnell dsclaimed all intention of
bringing i'll extraneous matter and prom
ised that most of the amendments offered
by the Nationalists should be withdrawn.
w. II. Smith, the government leader,
stated that in order to facilitate the closing
of the session the government would per-
sist in but few of the measures before
the House, including those relating to the
regulation of mines and commutation of
allotments. The House would, Mr.. Smith
said, sit on Saturday until prorogued.
AN AMENDMENT REJECTED.
Lord Randolph Churchill and Mr.. Cham
berlain supported an amendment to the land
bill proposed by Mr. Finlay Liberal Union
ist), giving the court power to reduce orders
for the payment of arrears of rent install
ments.
Lord Harrington said that although the
amendment in question had been drawn
with his consent, he thought it ought not
to be pressed Us the government had made
many concessions since the amendment was
framed The amendment was rejected by
a vote of 1919 to 140. Several amendments
were passed.
Mr.. Dillon (Nationalist) expressed disap-
pointment at the form in which clause %
had been passed in committee He accused
the government of having deceived the
House with promise to introduce measure
for the full protection of the tenants. That
promise had not been fulfilled. Unless the
bill were greatly amended in its later
stages it would be the duty of the National
lists to tell the Irish people that they must
still trust only to the system of combina-
tion.
BALFoUR'S REPLY.
Mr.. Balfour answering on behalf of the
Government said the ministry were not re-
sponsible for the elimination of the bank
ruptcy clauses, which had been devised for
the relief of the tenants.
I. =. O'Connor denied that the ParnelliteS
were responsible for the death of the bank
ruptcy clauses. Those clauses he said had
committed suicide. Clause twenty three
was eliminated.
AT meeting of the Parnellites to-day it
was decided to adopt passive policy after
the passage of the land bill in order to allow
speedy close of the session.
TO RETAIN OFFICE
In speech at Chard this evening Wis
count Cross, Secretary of State for India,
said that the government had determined
to retain office because they could rely upon
the support of the Unionists. He also said
that the government would utilize all the
provisions of the crimes act.
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KU-KLUX IN ILLINOIS.
People of Harden County Terrorized
by Unknown Outlaws.

by Unknown Outlaws,
CHICAGO, Aug. IA special from Harris
burg, ILL.,, says: Persons who have just
returned from Harden county report that a
ku-klux gang is preparing for another on
slaught on the good people of that section
Since the James Belt assassination of last
week County Judge Jacob Hess, Logan
Belts wife and a number of others have re-
ceived written notices to leave the county.
The people throughout the county are terri
fed, and many are leaving without receiv-
ing the invitation extended to so many. The
gang is beginning to warn people OF other
counties to get out of Southern Illinois
Among these are the friends of the late Lo-
gan and James Belt, who lived III the neigh
boring county of Gallatin Not less than
eight others who have received these no
tices have been waylaid and killed. A meet
ing OF the citizens of the county is called for
Aug. 6 to devise means TO ferret out the
murClerous mysteries. The gang is some
what on the order of the Bald Knobbers,
and is growing bolder with each successive
crime. Earl Sherwood, one of the persons
warned to leave Elizabethtown, has taken
up his residence here for fear his life will be
"a ka1
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AFGHANISTAN'S AMEER.
He Plays What His Foes Declare His
Last Trump Card

CALCUTTA, Aug. 1.-Advices from Can
dahar state that the Ameer of Afghanistan
has caused proclamation to be posted in
the Bazaar in that city informing his sub
jects that the British government is holding
six infantry divisions, each consisting of
nine regiments, with cavalry and
artillery, in readiness to march
into Afghanistan to suppress the revolts
of the Ameer's enemies in the interior The
proclamation adds: II can suppress the
Ghilzais without them, but they remain
ready in case Russia takes advantage of the
rebellion to invade the country" The
Ameer invites the rebels to return to their
homes, and says he will only punish the
chiefs in the insurrection. He warns Great
Britain against permitting Ayoub Khan to
approach the frontier. The opponents of
the Ameer explain that in issuing the procla-
nation the Amccr is playing his last trump
card, as he finds that the people value his
alliance with England more than they value
the Ameer himself.
n The insurgents have blocked the roads be-
U&een Candahar and India.
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The smiths S ore Tragedy.

HARDEEvILLE, s. c., Aug Following
is a fuller account Of the murder near here:
On Saturday night at Smiths store, seven
miles from this place, a negro named Jo-
seph Mitchell went into the store and cursed
John Lcaqueaux, a white man who was
clcriing for Smith, and drew a pistol on
him, and on Sunday morning he returned
and renewed the quarrel, when Leaqueaux
shot him three times, killing him instantly.
No one saw the shooting and Leaqueaux is
not disposed TO say much about IL until his
trial comes off. He was committed TO Jail.
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PHILADELPH1A's BANK CRASH.
No Statement Yet Issued, But The
President Talks Hopefully.

No Statement Yet Issued, But The
President Talks Hopefully.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Nothing new
has transpired in connection with the failure
Of the Columbian Bank, and no statement
has as yet been issued. President Phillips
declares that the statements of the banks
dealings with Ives g. Co., of New York, are
greatly exaggerated, and says that the
assignment was wholly due to a temporary
lack of funds in Philadelphia.
THE PRESIDENTS STATEMENT
This evening President Charles l.. Phillips,
of the bank, authorized the publication of
the following statement of the financial
condition of the institution:
Liabilities TO epositors-Savings fund de
positors, Germantown, $76,636 90; savings
fund depositors, at Philadelphia, $62, ,3S9 90 ;
banking depositors, $l27, ,514 30; certificates
Of deposits, $4,000. Total, S27S,90l SO.
Assets--Loans, 1888 40; advances on
merchandise, $125,000; bonds and stocks,
Sl32, 900; mortgages and ground rents, S5l,
655 06; cash due from correspondents, etc,
$40, ,S98 n; total $47S, ,90l 32. By this show
ing the assets are about 500, 900 in excess
of the liabilities, which is exactly the
amount of the stock of the bank. President
Phillips avoided making any expla-
nation of the statement, but AS
sistant Cashier Bedford said that the above
figures had been obtained after great deal
Of work, and that if the bank succeeded III
realizing upon its investments it would be
able to pay dollar for dollar without assess
ing the stockholders The assignees will
soon apply TO the court for the appointment
of appraisers, whose business it will be TO
determine the actual value Of the banks as
sets
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FLIGHT OF THE HORSE THIEVES.
The Sheriff's Posse Still on the Trail of
the Desperadoes.

JHb OeSporuQOeS.
NEBRASKA CITY, Aug. IA special tel
egram from Craig, Mo-, gives full particu-
lars of tine killing of Anthony DeLong and
Gideon Bostwick. Sheriff Denney, of Polk
county, states that on Thursday, Aug. %, a
posse captured three horse thieves near Forest
City they were Con and Fletcher Franklin,
and Harrison Stone. The thieves were dis
armed, but Fletcher, giving an excuse, went
10 his wagon and getting hold of a pistol
began shooting, the officers returning the
fire The shooting scared the officers team,
causing it to run away, leaving the officers
without ammunition and powerless. An
caught the thieves three miles
northwest Of Phelps, at farm
house. Both sides promptly began
shooting The first shot from Fletcher
Franklin struck DeLong in the back part of
the head. The second shot struck Gideon
Bostwick in the right shoulder. The
Franklins then started northwest and sue
ceeded in eluding the officers. The sheriff
followed u blind trail into Iowa, but can
find no trace of the thieves. He says
Fletcher Franklin belonged to the old jesse
james gang and Is a desperate character.
Parties are securing the country.
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BURSTING OF A DAM.
Tho People of Parsons Forced to Flee
for Their Lives.


WILKEsBARRE, PA, Aug. IA dam
burst on the side of the mountain to-day,
letting the water down on the village of
Parsons. The whole town was flooded, and
the people had to flee for their lives.
A little girl named Annie Quinn was
caught in the current and drowned. Her
body was found five miles away.
-Four bridges were washed away and 800
feet of the Jersey Central tracks was car
ried Off. All traffic ON the road is at a
standStill.
The Melrose House was carried down the
stream, but the inmates were rescued by a
party of men in boats. At Laurel Run the
mad water caught fifty loaded coal cars
on side track and dashed
them down the mountain like kindling
wood. A mile and a half of tho track was
also carried away with the cars.
All the houses on A street were swept off
their foundations.
The loss to the railroad company is about
sos, 900 and to town property about 100000.
The waters of Coal Brook creek carried
off two bridges in the northern part of the
town, between Wilkesbarre and Parsons
One hundred men are at work repairing the
Delaware and Hudson railroad
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nhoIora of the eNorst Tvna.

CALCUTTA, Aug. 1.-The city of Pc
shawnr, in the northwestern part of India,
in Puniab, is infected with cholera of the
worst type. Three hundred deaths from the
disease occurred during the month of July.
sICILY's RECORD.
ROME, Aug. From ten TO twenty
deaths from cholera are reported in Catania
daily. The epidemic is spreading in the
provinces In Syracuse and Catabria the
condition of affairs has improved.
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A KING OF THE PEN.
He Obtains $4,000 on Forged Paper
and Steals $4,000 Besides.

CHICAGO, Aug. IA. j. Whitman, book
keeper of the Central Union Telephone Com
pany, was arrested to-day for forgery, and
waving examination, was committed to
the Criminal Court under $4,000 bonds.
He has been in the employ of the Telephone
Company three years, is an excelldut ac-
countant and skillful penman. He forged
two checks for $4,000 each ON each OF
which he forged three signatures SO skill
fully that the checks were paid. For these
forgeries the banks interested had Whit
man arrested yesterday. The telephone
company to-day discovered that Whitman
had robbed them Of $4,000 in addition to
the above named forgeries. Whitman could
not find bondsmen and went to Jail.
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DAMAGE OF THE ATLANTA.

The First Reports Declared to Have
Been Exaggerated.
WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-The report of the
board of naval officers appointed to examine
the Atlanta, her guns, carriages, fittings,
etc, and to ascertain the damage sustained
during the recent target practice, was re-
ceived by the Secretary of the Navy to-day.
Ii is too technical for newspaper article
for lay readers but Secretary Whitney says
the defects reported by the board and the
damages sustained by the ship are tritiing
as compared with those rumOred to have
been discovered, and that they are such as
can be easilY and speedily remedied.
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Depretis' Funeral.

ROME, Aug 1.-The members Of the
Cabinet, after attending the obsequies of
the late Premier Depretis at Stradello, will
20 TO Mona to confer with the King.
The members of the Municipal Council of
Rome will attend tho funeral in body
They have decided to place bust of De
pretis in the capital, 10 grant 10000 for q
public monument to him and to name q
Street IN his honor
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Reed Declared insane.

NEW YORK, Aug. l.-Charles II. Reed,
Guiteau's counsel, who jumped into the
North river Saturday and was committed
to Bellevue Hospital for examination as to
his sanity wns examined to-day and pro-
nounced insane. He is suffering from mel
ancholia. Ir is not known what disposition
will be made Of him. He became a resident
OF this city after leaving Chicago, but for
some months past has lived In Jersey City.
Lawyer Reed was discharged from Belle
vue Hospital tonight, and Is in the custody
Of friends.
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Russian Finances.

ST.. PETERsBURG, Aug. 1.-The Bourse
Gazette states that in addition 10 0,0O0, 900
gold roublcs directed by an Imperial ulIase
10 be taken from the working fund of the
Imperial bank to be devoted to the redemp-
ton of its debt the bank is ordered TO re-
alize 5s, 100000 on the bonds of the mobiles
and bank, 25,000,0O0 roubles ON Russian
rents of the issue of 1884, $4,000, 600 roubles
oa the issue of 1885, and 50,000,000 roubles
IN the isstla of lSSB
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Fishery Negotiations.

LONDON, Aug. lin the House of Com
mons to-day Sir James Ferguson, Parlia-
mentary Secretary for the Foreign Office,
announced that communications between
the government of the Unitd States and
that Of Great Britain showed that progress
was being made in the work of adjusting
the Canadian fisheries dispute, and he added
that the British government We're hopeful
of attaining a satisfactory settlement at no
distant date.
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Death Of Gen. Jones.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The War Depart
ment was this afternoon informed of the
death of Gen. Samuel Jones, an employe of
the Judge Advocate Generals office, at Bed
ford Springs, Sunday evening Gen. Jones
was born in Virginia in 1920. After pass
ing through the West Point Military Acad-
emv he served in the army till the breaking
ont of the lato war, when he resigned TO
enter the Confederate service, III which he
rose TO the rank of General
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ON TRIAL FOR MURDER.
The Son of Prominent Virginian at
the Laws Mercy.

Inc DOH Oh IL FTOInlIlclO v NlTBlllldl dL
the Laws Mercy.
PETERSBURG, VA, Aug. 1.-The trial of
Frank Langston for the murder of John II.
Ruf1in on April 4, commenced here to-day.
The prisoner is son of Hon. John NJ
Langston, formerly United States Minister
to Hayt, and Rufiin was prominent poll
tician. Langston was indicted by the grand
jury in April, but the court to-day
guashed the Indictment, holding it TO be in
valid because the foreman of the jury was
owner of a grist mill and not eligible as a
iuryman under the laws of Virginia. A
new jury was summoned and new indict-
ment found, and the case proceeded. An
exciting contest has been in progress over
the selection of jurors, only three or four
having been thus far secured.
The jury was completed at 10 o'clock to-
night, and the examination of witnesses
will commence tomorrow.
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No News From Stanley.

LONDON, Aug. IA dispatch from st.
Paul De Loanda, dated July 81, says:
''Janssen, Governor Of the Congo free
State, writes from Bona that since receiv-
ing the news of the arrival of Stanley at
the camp on Aruwhi river no messenger has
happened TO Stanley must be brought by q
Congo State messenger, who Is expected TO
arrive at Bona in few days.
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Augusta Dobt Statement.

WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-The debt state
ment issued to-day shows the decrease of the
uulic debt during the month Of July 10 be
I.s4l, ,Sg4 s3: the cash in the Treasury,
1856, ,3O4. .3Gl 81; gold certificates outStand-
inc. sg4 900, ,08f; silver certificates outstand-
ing' $l4i. 1876, III certificates of deposit out
standing. SS, 400, 900; legal tenders outstand-
ing, S3l6,GS ,0lG; fractional currency, not
inciudinc the amount estimated as lost or
lo.4.o,,ad SG ol1 7I03
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A FALL FROM THE BRIDGE.
Losing His Footing Painter Tumbles
Into the River.

NEW YoRK, Aug. 1.-James Martin, a
painter, II years old, was at work painting
Oh the Brooklyn bridge when he accidentally
missed his footing on the scaffold and fell
into the river below. He was picked up by
tug and taken TO the Chambers Street
Hospital. He complained of pain in his
side where he struck the water but appar-
emily was not seriously injured. The dis
tance he fell is about 100 feet. He was kept
at the hospital as it was thought he might
have suffered internal injuries that may
manifest themselves later.
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BOY ROBBERS IN A CAVE.
One of the Two Captives Confesses
and Reveals Murder.

Hlu heVeHIs NuFu1F.
GALVESTON, TEX, Aug. Ia special
from Seguin says: Two young men named
Robinson and Bramley, still in their teens,
were arrested here last week on a charge Of
robbery. Yesterday Bramley turned States
evidence, and confessed that he, Robinson
and a man uamed Henry, belonged TO a
band OF robbers, which rendezvoused in a
cave near here He said that one day last
May, whilo at tho cave Robinson
shot Henry, who was captain Of the
band, through the head, killing him instant
ly, aud hc helped Robinson conceal the body
in the cave Bramley conducted the officers
10 the cave and they found the body as
represented, and various relics Of maraud-
ing expeditions. Robinson is about IL years
old, and In explanation of the deed he says
that he wanted to rival the record Of Jesse
JaD1es
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Tardinand to Take the oath.

BERLIN, Aug. Lit is reported that
Prince Ferdinand, against the advice Of the
other members of the e-Coburg family,
win start tomorrow for Bulgaria ana viii
take the oath Of Office as Prince Of Bulgaria
at Turnoya on Thursday.